Millwall Lead Co
of 17 Philpot Lane, London EC and Millwall
1890 Pontifex and Wood Ltd transferred all of their white lead, colour, varnish, sheet lead and lead piping business to Millwall Lead Co Ltd [1]
1890 Messrs Colthurst and Harding purchased the paint, colour and varnish business which had been carried on for 100 years by Pontifex and Wood[2]
1894 An inquest found that a female worker had died of lead poisoning; there were several other cases amongst workers living on both sides of the river[3]
1895 Locke, Lancaster and W. W. and R. Johnson and Sons acquired the business and factory of the Millwall Lead Co (formerly Pontifex and Wood).